Church of England -- Sermons; Sermons, English -- 19th century
Yes, these feelings in us, which, just as far as we obey them, make
us respect ourselves, and make us blessings to our fellow-men; what
are they but the Spirit of Christ, the likeness of Christ, the mind
of Christ in us; the hope of our glory; because, if we obey them, we
shall attain to something of the true glory, the glory with which
Christ himself is glorious.
Then let us pray to God, now in this Passion Week, to stir up in us
that generous spirit; to deepen in us that fair likeness; to fill us
with that noble mind. Let us ask God to quench in us all which is
selfish, idle, mean; to quicken to life in us all which is godlike,
and from God; that so we may attain, at last, to the true glory, the
glory which comes not from selfish ambition; not from selfish pride;
not from selfish ease; but from getting rid of selfishness, in all
its shapes. The glory which Christ alone has in perfection. The
glory before which every knee will one day bow, whether in earth or
heaven. Even the glory of doing our duty, regardless of what it
costs us in the station to which each of us has been called by his
Father in heaven. Amen.
SERMON II. THE DIVINE HUNGER AND THIRST
(Preached before the Queen.)
Psalm xxxvi. 7, 8, 9. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of
thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy
pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light
shall we see light.
This is a great saying. So great that we shall never know,
certainly never in this life, how much it means.
It speaks of being satisfied; of what alone can satisfy a man. It
speaks of man as a creature who is, or rather ought to be, always
hungering and thirsting after something better than he has, as it is
written: 'Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after
righteousness; for they shall be filled.' So says David, also, in
this Psalm.
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